A woods search is halted and a temporary command post is pulled out. ST. AUGUSTINE - The attorney for Misty Croslin, 18, a key figure in the disappearance of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings, said Tuesday that his client told authorities her cousin attacked the girl while Croslin hid under bedcovers with Haleigh's little brother, Ronald Cummings Jr. Attorney Robert Fields said Croslin's cousin Joseph Overstreet came to the house to get a gun. Why did Brian Kohberger leave knife sheath at crime scene? ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CBS/AP) Haleigh Cummings has been missing for over a year and a half, and on Friday her ex-stepmother, who is believed to have been the last person to see Haleigh alive, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for unrelated drug charges. She said that while Ronald Cummings was rough with her, it was an upgrade in her life and she loved him. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. As for where Haleigh is, Merchant believes she is dead. he saw Joseph Overstreet, theTennessee cousin, take Haleigh to the river, DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case, Misty Croslin is sentenced in Putnam County to 25 years, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. First published on October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM. Haleigh's former stepmother, Misty Croslin, who is said to be the last person to have seen her alive, pleaded guilty to drug charges unrelated to the missing girl's case Tuesday and her. Please call the Putnam . Following is a rundown of key events. "You didn't wake up", he says, to which she sobs and responds, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. He had left Haleigh and her four-year-old brother in the care of his 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin as he headed for the night shift, but little did he realize his life was about to change forever. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. But no trace of the five-year-old was ever found, and authorities continue to be baffled at her disappearance. ", Slideshow: Misty Croslin's jailhouse hairstyles, His daughter, who came teary-eyed into the courtroom, asked Circuit Judge Terry LaRue to be "fair, that's all.". . I wouldn't let someone just take her. eventAction: 'click_ads' A new HLN documentary has uncovered never before seen evidence in the decade-long search for a five-year-old girl who vanished from her Florida home in the middle of the night when her father's 17-year-old girlfriend was babysitting her. Authorities previously said physical evidence contradicts Croslin's account of events that night. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Haleigh would be turning 17 years old in August, and she would be in the 11th grade. No evidence was found that a body had been dumped there. Croslin has been convicted on unrelated drug charges and is now in prison. Emerging facts and circumstances, long known to a Christian missionary from the Palatka, Florida area . The two divorced after Haleigh's disappearance. Sheffield said there are no answers to Haleigh's disappearance, and she believes Croslin knows where he daughter is. eventAction: 'click_adunit' "I think about it every day," Merchant said. I mean, a lot of things in the investigation that kind of said, 'Hey, let's take a look at what's going on with Misty,'She had taken a shower before we got there so that was kind of strange,' Putnam County Sheriff's Department Captain Dominic Piscitello said. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. In 2010, Cumings and Croslin were jailed after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. Almost immediately investigators started to see holes in Croslin's story. Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, whileCummings was sentenced to 15 years. Oct. 8: Misty Croslin is sentenced in St. Augustine to 25 years in prison for trafficking in prescription drugs in a St. Johns County case. Teams would search the St Johns River and hunt the thick forest around the young girls neighborhood. She said she awoke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a cinder block propping open a back door. It was a. Ronald Cummings tentatively reached a plea agreement with the state on drug-trafficking charges earlier this month and likely will be sentenced to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in late August. Fields said Croslin told authorities she heard the door to the van in which Overstreet came to the house slide open and then shut before he drove off. "I have to pay for what I've done," she said. It appears there is an answer to this burning question. 16:54 EST 01 Nov 2019. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ hitType: 'event', At the end of the river search, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy says he does not believe Haleigh is alive. Even after 11 years, the family's pain has not diminished. October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM Mark Woods: There's a reason Nancy Grace's 'exclusive' sounded familiar. Example video title will go here for this video. Even with little to no physical evidence, deputies are treating Haleigh's disappearance as a homicide, and investigators have continued questioning the Croslins while in jail hoping to learn new information. Gone like that," Sherrif Hardy added. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { }); A new docuseries will be airing never-before-seen evidence connected to the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings, a five-year-old girl who disappeared from her Florida home in the middle of the night a decade ago without a trace and is missing to this day. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Croslin was 17 and eventually married and divorced Ronald Cummings. 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When Ronald returned home at about 3 am, Croslin told him that she had just woken up to find Haleigh missing from her bed and that a cinder block was propping open the back door. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. He replied, "Misty. They were both jailed in late 2010 after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. }); Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? By But none of the arrests was directly related to her disappearance. "She just got caught up in something stupid. let gads_event; Cummings was at work. Feb. 15: Investigators with the Putnam County Sheriffs Office field about 500 leads in less than a week. Last summer, Croslin's attorney, Robert Fields, told the judge that a "landslide of evidence," including the undercover video, led to her to plead no contest to the St. Johns County charges. "We investigators who worked on the case feel like we know what may have happened, but we can't prove it," he said. The others arrested with them in the drug-trafficking investigation were Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., Donna Brock and Hope Sykes. Four others who have connections to the missing girl, including Cummings and Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., were also arrested in the drug cases. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. He said investigators just wanted to get her in jail to get information in the Haleigh case. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of ST. AUGUSTINE - The attorney for Misty Croslin, 18, a key figure in the disappearance of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings, said Tuesday that his client told authorities her cousin . They also arrested Cummings, Tommy Croslin and two of Misty Croslin's girlfriends. Croslin Jr., 36, is scheduled to be released March 12, while Brock, 56, was released Mondayand Sykes, 31, is to be released Nov. 12,according to the state. Croslin had pleaded no contest in the St. Johns County courtroom to a single count of trafficking oxycodone. March 9: Cummings, 25, and Croslin, 17, are issued a marriage license at the Putnam County courthouse. She's the one with the inconsistent statements. Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings and his girlfriend Misty Croslin were both at the center of the investigation, but were never charged with Haleigh's disappearance. No trace of Haleigh has ever been found despite a wide-spread search involving hundreds of volunteers and an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Aug. 16: Misty Croslin pleads guilty to seven prescription drug-trafficking charges. ", dana.treen@jacksonville.com,(904) 359-4091. Why did he do that? Merchant believes Haleigh's father's alibi of being at work checks out. Croslin was sentenced on counts of dealing in prescription narcotics, including oxcodone and hydrocodone pills, in recorded transactions with an undercover detective working with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. She never sold drugs in her life. . ", In related news: A 'tragedy all around' leads judge to sentence Brianna Williams to life term for daughter's death, 10 years later: Disappearance of Haleigh Cummings still a mystery, From 2017: Newborn Kamiyah Mobley, stolen from Jacksonville hospital 18 years ago, found safe; arrest made and reunion coming. She sobbed as she said: 'I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. Her father, Hank Croslin Sr., made the same plea to the judge. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Aug. 20: Cummings pleads guilty to three charges of trafficking in hydrocodone, two are dropped. You have locked doors. They were both denied bond on the violation of probation charges. "You say you love my children, why do this? Merchant took Croslin to the river. Among the pieces of evidence shown in the documentary, a video where Ronald is speaking to tearful Croslin in a police interview has also emerged. That announcement came as investigators were searching a section of St. John's river, about five miles from the Cummings house. To which she replied, saying, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Police have said Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the girl's mother, are not considered suspects. No signs of forced entry except, according to Misty, a brick had been used to prop open one of the doors to the trailer. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), I don't believe she took too many of them. A reward for information leading to Haleighs whereabouts reaches $26,500. pg.acq.push(function() { Croslin, who was Ronald's girlfriend when Haleigh disappeared, married and divorced him within six months. }); Croslin refused to answer questions about the case for the documentary. The plea entered on one count in St. Augustine Tuesday morning mirrors the no contest pleas entered on several drug-trafficking charges in Putnam County on Monday. Croslin told police that she put Haleigh to bed, along with the girl's 4-year-old brother, at around 8 p.m. and that when she woke up at 3 a.m. Haleigh was gone and the back door of the north Florida house she shared with Cummings was propped open by a cement block. PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. The Haleigh Cummings case gripped the First Coast in 2009 when the little girl suddenly vanished from her home in the middle of the night. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); (CNN) -- Misty Croslin, the last person known to see a 5-year-old Florida girl before she was reported missing in February 2009, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday on an unrelated. According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night during an undercover crack cocaine operation at a home at 809 Bronson St. in Palatka. Detectives reject the theory. "She has the answers, not me. Croslin responded: ''I didn't even hear anything.''. Fresh evidence on Haleigh Cummings, five-year-old girl who disappeared from home without trace 10 years ago. On Friday night, Palatka police arrested Lisa Carmen Croslin, 40, and Hank Thomas Croslin Sr., 41, on charges of purchasing cocaine, tampering with evidence and violating their probation in earlier cases. Misty Croslin is the last of the five arrested to be sentenced. I was not there.". Cummings reported her missing when he returned from work. She is sitting in prison stewing about how she plans to get out of prison. Overstreet, who lives in Tennessee, has denied involvement. I come home from work and my child was not there. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. "That has always been his main objective. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Merchant said that months later, Croslin changed her story and said she saw her brother and cousin take Haleigh "lifeless" out of the house and to the river. Instead, they were both . Cummings and Tommy Croslin, Cummings' cousin Hope Sykes and Misty Croslin's friend Donna Brock have been given 15 years apiece for participating in at least one of the trafficking cases. In the conversations, Misty and her father talked about Misty's drug charges. I wouldn't let someone just take her. gads_event = event; Thats all there is to it. In Augustthe attorney for Tommy Croslin says his client said he saw Joseph Overstreet, theTennessee cousin, take Haleigh to the riverin a bag, an accusation relatives said were made in April. According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ Fine art from an iPhone? },false) In this version Croslin says she did see what happened to Haleigh the night she vanished from her home in Satsuma, Fla. That means the 19 year old at the epicenter of . When her father came home from work, Haleigh was gone. "Where is the justice for Haleigh?" Just when you didn't think things could get any worse for Misty Croslin and her clan. No evidence of Haleigh has ever been found despite these wide-spread searches involving hundreds of volunteers and an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. The owners of the store have stated in 2019 that her name will prevail on the sign until she is found. Still missing: DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case. Misty Croslin, who was a teenager babysitting Haleigh Cummings when the 5-year-old Satsuma girl disappeared in 2009, took the stand at a hearing Tuesday morn. Croslin called 911 about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. It has been 13years since a call came to the Putnam County Sheriffs Office about the disappearance of 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings. She died on July 10th 2002 Were is misty croslin? Haleigh Cummings was last seen at her trailer home in Satsuma, south of Jacksonville, on February 9, 2009 Her father Ronald Cummings' 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin was the last person. News/Business. A news helicopter caught images of them on a dock. Misty Croslin, who was last to see Haleigh Cummings alive, decided to give her story of what happened the night Haleigh disappeared again because she says, "Everyone is against me." She does this interview from prison as she is serving a 25-year sentence for drug trafficking. Lisa Croslin, the mother of Misty and Tommy, is arrested in September on forgery and petty theft charges. his former girlfriend, Misty Croslin, was the last . She will also owe nearly $2 million in fines in the separate cases, her attorney said. A maximum sentence on each of the counts is 30 years under state law. hitType: 'event', Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Misty Croslin appeals drug conviction 18,782 views Apr 5, 2018 154 Dislike Share Save News4JAX 270K subscribers VIDEO: Misty Croslin, the last-known person to see Haleigh Cummings alive,. Merchant said the cousin did not talk to investigators and a secondary search of the river turned up nothing. He, Misty Croslin, Hank Croslin and Donna Brock were all charged with drug trafficking in 2010 as the result of an investigation that began before HaLeigh's disappearance. Croslin called 911 about3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. I just don't believe that happened.". Croslin, the adult with Haleigh that night, first told police someone came into the house and took the child. In addition to the prison time, Croslin will receive five years of probation, a $1.25 million fine and mandatory drug rehabilitation. This is the question that has baffled the American public for four years, and turned little Misty Croslin into the most enigmatic prisoner that falls asleep in a Florida prison each night. The Croslins' daughter, Misty Croslin, was watching Haleigh the night the little girl disappeared. Detectives repeatedly described Croslin's statements about the night Haleigh disappeared as inconsistent. Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. Another round of drug cases with ties to missing Haleigh Cummings, the 5-year-old who was reported missing from her father's Satsuma home in February 2009, is now working its way through the Putnam County court system. Sept. 24: Cummings is sentenced to 15 years. Theories and speculation about what actually happened have never been proven amid the lies, leads and frequent developments in the case. hitType: 'event', },false) window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Croslin, who watching Haleigh and her 3-year-old brother, says she woke to find her gone from Cummings Green Lane home in Satsuma. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. "She just got caught acting stupid. They marry March 12. Misty Croslin: "Yes" 911: "OK when did you last see her?" Misty Croslin: "Um, we like just, you knowit was about 10 o'clock- she was sleeping- I was cleaning 911: "OK- how old is your. Jailhouse interview: Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. ', 'You didn't get out of bed,' Cummings said before asking Croslin: 'You sure you didn't unlock the door? The next day, search teams scoured the neighborhood and divers and boats were in the nearby St. Johns River because two bloodhounds led them there. Croslin, as it turned out, then became Haleigh and Junior's baby sitter. keeping her mouth shut for as long as she has without spewing lies, she's a selfish character and she is canniving. 1933 When Michael croslin was born? }); Croslin, a girl with a sixth-grade. "The child is in the bedroom, literally next to her," Merchant said. For one, PCSO deputies found no signs of forced entry into the family's trailer, with Captain Dominic Piscitello revealing that Croslin had taken a shower before they reached the residence and that there were a lot of strange things about her that night that caught their attention. During the St. Johns County sentencing hearing, Croslin's lawyer tried to point out that his client was set up in the drug deal. In the video, Croslin can be seen crying after finding the shirt that she said the little girl was wearing when she went to bed the night she vanished. They were all arrested and accused of selling prescription drugs. St Johns County Commissioners vote no to controversial proposed industrial park, St. Augustine theatre group feels 'urgency' to educate community with Anne Frank's story, Jacksonville Jaguars second playoff game includes snow, rain chances this weekend in Kansas City, Chance of snow for the Jaguars in Kansas City for this weekend's AFC playoff game. The Croslins' daughter, Misty Croslin, was watching Haleigh the night the little girl disappeared. "It's all in her hands," she said. "Where is the justice for Haleigh? media-tech companies with hubs around the world. In April, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy announced that they no longer considered Haleigh's case a missing person case and were treating it as a homicide. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ } The. PALATKA - In final pleas Monday, Misty Croslin and her father asked for fairness and leniency before she was given 25 years in prison for a series of prescription drug-trafficking cases. He was the lead detective with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office but no longer works there. However, police have stopped short of naming Croslin as a suspect. She answers, "I didn't even hear anything.". On the night of February 9, 2009, Haleigh was sleeping in bed, next to her brother Ronald Cummings Jr with her father's 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin, who was at home at that night, as Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was working an evening shift at his job. 11 years of Haleigh Cummings case: Chilling details and new clues, but when will the mystery be solved. They were being held Monday at the Putnam County jail. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. However, Fields said he will make the case for youthful offender status at her sentencing, which is set for Oct. 8. Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn. Wednesday, the 38-year-old Cummings was released from his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Misty Croslin says Cousin, Joe Overstreet, bagged Haleigh Cummings as she screamed, attorney said/ Lisa Croslin Talks For The First Time/Lisa found drunk and on pills at an ER by Wrapitup Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:51 pm An attorney for Misty Croslin said cousin Joe Overstreet took Haleigh as 'a substitute' for a gun. "She said nothing.". Authorities believe Haleigh is dead and are treating the case as a homicide investigation. When he got back to his trailer home in Satsuma, south of Jacksonville, around 3 am that morning, he was greeted by Croslin, who told him that she had woken up to find Haleigh missing from her bed. He had left Haleigh and her four-year-old brother in the care of his 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin as he headed for the night shift, but little did he realize his life was about to change forever. eventAction: 'load' Haleigh, widely presumed dead, would be 19 today. It is been more than 11 years since five-year-old Haleigh Cummings vanished from her home in Satsuma, Alabama. Croslin, 24, is the brother of Misty Croslin, who was with 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings when the girl disappeared from her Putnam County home in February 2009. ", First Coast News asked Merchant, "What would it take to break this case?" 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